Out to OH. again

[NEexpat]

Well, drove back from Ohio yesterday. For those of you who are curious It is apprx. 417 miles from Blacklick OH. to Cabelas in Hamburg PA. and I did that with 2 bars and apprx 2 gals of gas remaining.

This was by far my best tank ever. 417 is the farthest I have gone before filling up.

Ultra-Gauge had me at 46.4 mpg. Here are the actual pump and mileage numbers

744.7 miles

17.472 gals.

42.62 mpg.

I know the UG was higher than actual, but I also knew the actual was going to be good. I just kept driving. Mileage would have been better but I took the CC off around NY till I got through the construction in CT.

The first half was 417 and I got 9.623 gals. for 43.33. Had I left the CC on I think I could have gotten 43.5+ for the trip. I just wanted to get home.

And when I got home, I had a $26 love letter waiting for me from the Delaware toll blah, blah blah, on the way out there was some night constr. that funneled me into the EZpass lane at a toll, and I blew right through it. A toll I don't recall from my trip out at Christmas.

I used to think the mpg/mph sweet spot for me was just under 2700 rpm, but I am thinking now it is closer to 2650, which gets me about 62.2, 62.8 mph.

cheers.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by NEexpat

Well, drove back from Ohio yesterday. For those of you who are curious It is apprx. 417 miles from Blacklick OH. to Cabelas in Hamburg PA. and I did that with 2 bars and apprx 2 gals of gas remaining.

This was by far my best tank ever. 417 is the farthest I have gone before filling up.

Ultra-Gauge had me at 46.4 mpg. Here are the actual pump and mileage numbers

744.7 miles

17.472 gals.

42.62 mpg.

I know the UG was higher than actual, but I also knew the actual was going to be good. I just kept driving. Mileage would have been better but I took the CC off around NY till I got through the construction in CT.

The first half was 417 and I got 9.623 gals. for 43.33. Had I left the CC on I think I could have gotten 43.5+ for the trip. I just wanted to get home.

And when I got home, I had a $26 love letter waiting for me from the Delaware toll blah, blah blah, on the way out there was some night constr. that funneled me into the EZpass lane at a toll, and I blew right through it. A toll I don't recall from my trip out at Christmas.

I used to think the mpg/mph sweet spot for me was just under 2700 rpm, but I am thinking now it is closer to 2650, which gets me about 62.2, 62.8 mph.

cheers.

How many more MPG do you think you get on interstates/freeways/thruways using cruise control (all of your Yaris ownership period, not just this trip)?